How to Remove a Hickey

It began quite innocently. Really, it did. That morning when the sun filtered in through the gap in the curtain, it woke me up. Squinting, I tried to budge from the fetal position I had assumed, but his arm was pressing down on my neck. Muscled arm aside, I managed to get out from the bed without waking him. Then as I walked over to shut the curtain tight, I heard him sigh behind me. Amused, 'coz he never sighs, I turned to see if I'd woken him. But there he was, simply sprawled on his side, with the bed sheet up to his waist and the mouth (believe it or not) made up into a pout. Into a pout...I walked over to look closer, then gently touched his lips with my fingertips and two black eyes fluttered open. Pinched and soulful. That's what they looked like to me. But it didn't really start until later when he got out of the bath. Towel casually drawn over the waist and water droplets everywhere. And him all about his internally suave way just picking up the brush and brushing his hair, coaxing it to behave. But the water droplets still glistened and I could not not do anything about them. So I drew close to kiss them away from the base of the neck, and he sighed...again. And then the cheeky grin made an entrance. So yeah, I didn't really mean to, but a huge red hickey appeared at the side of his neck. Why did he have to tease! The electrifying atmosphere with all that potential was suddenly brought to a halt when he remembered that he had a meeting with the boss. We rushed to the mirror and there for all the world to see was a really red, really big, and pretty obvious hickey leaving its mark. He looked over with an eyebrow raised and twisted lips demanding to know why I'm out to sabotage his career and make a laughingstock of him, and I..well, he teased! What else did he expect me to do! Like I said, it began quite innocently.

So don't worry, he got to the meeting alright and he was not laughed or sniggered at either. I managed to remove the hickey for him. There was really no need for him to panic. But then he is prone to overreacting at times.

That aside, you've been there, have you? Managed to get yourself into a hickey situation and dunno how to get rid of that red spot? Awesome. OK, wrong choice of words. My apologies. I get it...it's a scared-to-the-pit-of-the-stomach emotion when you don't really want that hickey to be there and yet there it is, staring and mocking at you. Making you doubt your surge of emotions and wondering why there was that added factor to the kissing. Now that should not have to happen and it really does not have to. Why? Cause there are ways and tricks that can help remove that hickey! Want me to take you through them? Then stop panicking and read.

Hickey Removal Tips

Read and memorize the ways on how to make that hickey go away. Who knows whether the next time you're in a similar situation, you'll have the time to read through this article. Yes I have a warped sense of humor. So moving on to the more important points on removing that hickey, we present to you some solutions:

• First of all, calm down and breathe.
• Now run to the fridge and get some ice cubes. Tie them up into a cloth and press it on the hickey for a good 20 minutes. This will take down the swelling quite fast. Swelling? How did it get there, you ask? Cause you know that a hickey, no matter how romantic an intention with which it is administered, will still remain a wound that comes about due to broken capillaries (way to bummer things out of the romance, huh?)
• Still scared? OK. Run to the washroom and get out a toothbrush. Now use the bristles and gently circle around the hickey to massage it. This will help to unclot the blood that has clotted and increase blood circulation. Blood flows, the mark recedes. Simple.
• You know what else you could do? Put a spoon in the freezer for a few minutes and then press the back of it onto the hickey. Hard. Then slide it over a couple of times. This does the trick too, like an ice pack would.
• More? Use a layer of toothpaste on the hickey. Wait for the tingling to stop before you wipe it out with a warm washcloth. This will take about a day or two to work out though.
• You can also apply a vitamin K cream or any other herbal cream that is supposed to help reduce the swelling...and pain.
• Remember the cold compress? You can do a hot compress as well! Hickeys are not fussy like that. Just dip a cloth in hot water and press it down gently on the hickey.
• Pain not a problem? Then try this one. Stretch the skin on the two sides of the hickey as much as you can. Then take a coin and roll the sides of it over the hickey. Hard. Really, really hard. This will help take away the redness and end up looking more like a scrape. That is what you're aiming for anyway.

Seems like too much work? Then forget about all this and try dabbing some concealer on the hickey. It works. Of course it's a different issue whether he'll let you do it. Or you could just cover it up with a scarf, muffler or wear a turtle or polo neck and wait it out. Hickeys will fade away completely in a week or so. There are always solutions, you just need to know where to look. So how to remove a hickey? Now you know.